La Cueva, Sandoval County, NM Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
8,710 ft 2,655 m8,440 ft 2,570 m8,300 ft 2,530 m8,030 ft 2,445 m7,760 ft 2,365 m7,620 ft 2,325 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- Elevation
- Ground colored by height from green (lowest) to white (highest), with contour lines every 40–500 ft (USGS data).
- Satellite
- A 2016 satellite photo at 33 ft (10 m) detail; contours off.
- 3D
- Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
- Click or tap anywhere
- The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
- Measure
- Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
- Area
- Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
La Cueva, Sandoval County sits at about 7,800 ft (2,375 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
7,800 ft 2,375 m
most residents: 7,720–8,110 ft
Lowest
7,620 ft 2,325 m
on the southeast side
Highest
8,710 ft 2,655 m
on the south side
Average
7,980 ft 2,430 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
La Cueva, Sandoval County spans about 1,090 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 7,800 ft2,375 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the south side | 8,710 ft2,655 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side | 7,620 ft2,325 m |
| Town center USGS map point for La Cueva, Sandoval County | 7,680 ft2,340 m |
| Average of all land | 7,980 ft2,430 m |
| Nearest peak Redondo Peak, 4.3 mi east of the CDP boundary (NGS survey) | 11,258 ft3,431 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
1.7 mi south to north through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 7,800 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
197.5 °F91.9 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
75% of sea level
22.4 inHg (75.8 kPa): each breath holds 25% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
15.7% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+16% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Sandoval County, New Mexico, United States
- Population
- 176 2020 Census
- Land area
- 1.6 sq mi
- Density
- 107 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 35.8742° N, 106.6439° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Southern Rocky Mountains
- Drains to
- Jemez River → Rio Grande → Gulf of America
- ZIP codes 1
- 87025
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- La Cueva, Sandoval County7,800 ft
- Los Alamos7,290 ft
- Cuba6,900 ft
- Coyote6,750 ft
- Youngsville6,690 ft
- Ponderosa6,290 ft
- Jemez Springs6,180 ft
- Cañon5,910 ft
- Cochiti Lake5,600 ft
- Jemez Pueblo5,580 ft
- Village of San Ysidro5,470 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in New Mexico12th highest of 528
- Towns in Sandoval Countyhighest of 26
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Chicoma Mountain11,561 ft
- Redondo Peak11,258 ft
- Cerros del Abrigo10,280 ft
- Capulin Peak, Rio Arriba County9,203 ft
- Mesa Prieta7,529 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
- Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census CDP boundary (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
- Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) when there are fewer than 5; each is the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a usable survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it (shown as published).
- Altitude effects: standard-atmosphere formulas applied to the typical elevation; UV from EPA's rule of thumb (about 2% per 1,000 ft).
- Rounding: computed heights are rounded to 10 ft (5 m), or to 1 ft (1 m) under 100 ft; 3DEP is good to about a meter, not a foot. Published figures (FAA airport elevation, NGS survey heights) are shown as their publisher gives them.
- Datum: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). NGS plans to replace NAVD 88 with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
- La Cueva, Sandoval County is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
- Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.